Los Vampires Premiere Date at HIFF

Los Vampires will have it’s U.S. premiere on Monday, October 26, 7:45 pm, at Honolulu International Film Festival. It will have a second screening the following day on October 27 at 4:30 pm.

Tickets are available on HIFF

“Fictionalizing the fascinating making of George Melford’s 1931 Spanish-language DRACULA, LOS VAMPIRES ventures behind the scenes of one of Hollywood’s most unusual productions. In 1930 Hollywood, a Spanish actor (LOST’s Henry Ian Cusick) is cast in the night shoot of a soon-to-be-legendary vampire film, using the same sets occupied during the day by its English-language counterpart. Tasked with recreating the performance of the celebrated English-speaking star, he begins crossing paths with his daytime rival during the transitory hours between their shoots. Professional curiosity soon gives way to jealousy, ego, and an escalating competition between the two men. But as Hollywood manufactures its latest screen monster, something far more sinister is unfolding beyond the cameras. A string of real-life murders on and around the soundstage begins to blur the line between performance and reality, transforming a unique chapter of early Hollywood history into a stylish mystery of ambition, obsession, and genuine horror.

This film is presented as part of HIFF’s New American Perspectives series in partnership with the Vilcek Foundation. As part of this program, a special Q&A with NAP Honoree Henry Ian Cusick will follow the first screening of the film.”

Henry Ian Cusick Co-Starring in Indie Sci-Fi Horror ‘Door’

Amanda Warren & Evan Jonigkeit To Topline Indie Sci-Fi Horror ‘Door’

EXCLUSIVE: Amanda Warren (The Leftovers) and Evan Jonigkeit (The Hunting Wives) are currently shooting lead roles in Door, an indie sci-fi horror film also starring Akira Jackson (It Ends), River Blossom (Abbott Elementary), Johnny Sibilly (Hacks), and Henry Ian Cusick (Lost).

Marking the feature directorial debut of Sara Magness and Wil Magness, who also wrote the screenplay, and shooting in Portland, Oregon, Door tells the story of a family whose world is shattered after a father unknowingly opens a door that leads to realities shaped by the subconscious of whoever enters.

Filmmakers Sara and Wil Magness told us, “Door explores family, loss, identity and the destructive impulse that comes from being unable to let go. The story draws from traumatic moments in our own lives, as well as our interest in how extreme trauma can make us become versions of ourselves we barely recognize. That personal connection is at the heart of the film, and our cast has brought immense depth and emotional truth to the characters. Their incredible talent has elevated the story in ways we could have never imagined.”

Best known for roles on shows like The Leftovers, Dickinson and The Night Agent, Warren stars alongside Boyd Holbrook, Kenneth Branagh and Hiam Abbass in the war drama Atonement, which premiered in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight this year. Upcoming, she’ll be seen in two Netflix projects: the Jamie Foxx drama Fight for ’84 as well as the series Myron Bolitar. She is repped by Buchwald, Alchemy Entertainment and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis.

An Emmy nominee seen on shows like The Hunting Wives, Archive 81 and Sweetbitter, Jonigkeit starred alongside Rebecca Hall in the Searchlight horror film The Night House, with additional credits including indies such as Together Together and Bone Tomahawk. He is repped by Paradigm, Mosaic and Schreck Rose Dapello.

Wil and Sara Magness’ breakout sci-fi short, The Manual, screened at 30 international festivals, earning 18 nominations and 14 awards including Best Short Film and Best Director before being acquired by Gunpowder + Sky’s streamer Dust, where it has been viewed more than 800,000 times. Their follow-up short, Angel Hair, is currently on the festival circuit.

Jackson is repped by Artium Talent and Mosaic; Cusick by Buchwald and Luber Roklin Entertainment; Sibilly by Innovative Artists Entertainment and Authentic; and Blossom by The Wayne Agency and Rebel Creative Group.

‘Los Vampires’ Trailer Gives Deadly Twist on the Production of 1931’s Spanish ‘Dracula’ [Fantasia 2026]

By Meagan Navarro  June 26, 2026

The production of George Melford‘s 1931 Spanish Dracula sets the stage for murder in the period horror movie Los Vampires, and we’re exclusively premiering the trailer ahead of its festival debut.

Los Vampires will make its World Premiere at the 30th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival, which runs July 16 through August 2.

Watch the stunning new trailer below, which sees art imitate life horrifically, in the vein of Shadow of the Vampire.

The film is set in 1930 Hollywood, and follows as “a Spanish actor is cast in the night shoot of a soon-to-be-legendary vampire film, forced to imitate the English-speaking star who performs the same role by day. The two actors regularly meet at the transitory hours of their shoots, and a rivalry stirs between them. All the while, a string of murders are occurring on and around the soundstage.”

Note that the actor and star in the film’s premise aren’t named; Los Vampires is a “fantastical fictionalized account” of the making of Melford’s classic horror film, one that was shot overnight on the same sets as Tod Browning’s Dracula. That means that names have respectfully been altered.

Los Vampires is written and directed by Craig Mitchell (Komodo), who has lined up an impressive cast.

Lost actor Henry Ian Cusick and Spectre actor Thomas Kretschmann lead as uncanny surrogates for Carlos Villarías and Bela Lugosi.

Daniela Couso (Serial Beauty), Jefferson Mays (Inherent Vice), Oscar Nuñez (“The Office”), and Jorge Diaz (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones) round out the cast.

Fantasia describes the feature as “a meticulously designed, occult-tinged tribute to the dignity of performance… and a darkly imaginative, bittersweet love letter to old Hollywood – and the forgotten struggles that made it what it was.”

Stay tuned for more on Los Vampires, including premiere timing, as Fantasia gets underway next month.

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